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Well ...... the disturbance of putting in the light REALLY seems to have put them off their game. I got only 1 egg yesterday..... or it could be all the scratch and treats I fed them the last couple of days (they looked miserable in the cold and snow- I know, I know, BAD chicken farmer!)....or...

Quote: Not yet. I'm on a timer...... rather than reset the timer twice a day to gradually extend light morning and night, I'm just resetting my alarm clock. Quote: The former. It's bitter outside in the wind. Feels much better inside, though water still freezes in there. No frost on...

FWIW, while stringing up the lightrope, I had to REALLY get into the "coop" (4x8x2 high attic of their tractor).... It was warm in there, despite it being 19 degrees and blowing snow outside ..... and Sweet PDZ works...... with the cold temps, they've been eating (and therefore poopin') WAY...

Quote: Oh, they are certainly eating more .... I make sure they have plenty to eat, as I don't and won't heat their coop, for the same reason I won't put an incandescent bulb in there (fire risk). The are are in a tractor (parked till spring), so they did not really eat much this summer and...

Quote: ??? Not that anybody asked, but these birds are just 9 months old ..... shouldn't be molting until next fall, right? ...... the dead of winter would be a bad time to molt .......

At the beginning of December I was getting 6-8 eggs/day from my 9 BOrps ..... it's dropped to 4-6 now, and I added a 16 ft. LED yellow light rope tonite ..... and all hell broke loose, with the chooks beatting the tar out of each other....... Is yellow a bad thing? Pink maybe?